Overview

Apple's Final Cut Pro combines video editing, compositing, and special effects in one affordable product. These tools, together with its compatibility with Adobe AfterEffects and its support for QuickTime formats, make Final Cut Pro the most accessible video-editing tool on the market. Final Cut Pro: Visual QuickPro Guide's straightforward, task-based format makes it the most accessible guide to this ...

Diagrams California 1999 Soft Cover Later Printing New 7 x 9 x 1 " 0201354802 1999 Softcover book, later printing...BRAND NEW from 1999 publisher...Never opened, Never owned, ...Never marked...Gift Giving quality...508 pages...illustrated with B&W diagrams...7 x 9 x 1" size, weighing nearly 2 pounds...Apple's Final Cut Pro combines video editing, compositing, and special effects in one affordable product...This Visual Quickpro Guide book is straightforward, step-by-step, for producing video for TV, the Web to take your skills to the next level...' invaluable for any individual learning to use Apple's digital video editing package. Every page is a step-by-step tutorial on how to use the program and how to do specific tasks. Each page is divided into two columns, one for text and one for pictures. Every topic on using Final Cut Pro is here, from batch capturing footage from your DV camera to basic editing, adding transitions, titles, special effects, multiple soundtracks, all the way through rendering and playinRead moreShow Less

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Overview

Apple's Final Cut Pro combines video editing, compositing, and special effects in one affordable product. These tools, together with its compatibility with Adobe AfterEffects and its support for QuickTime formats, make Final Cut Pro the most accessible video-editing tool on the market. Final Cut Pro: Visual QuickPro Guide's straightforward, task-based format makes it the most accessible guide to this professional-strength program.

Step-by-step instructions and plentiful screenshots lead you through the basics and then quickly on to more advanced tasks. All the important topics are covered in detail: the easy-to-use interface, Final Cut Pro's plug-and-play capability, its integration with QuickTime, and a host of other time-saving and productivity-boosting features and tools. Whether you're producing video for TV, computer presentations, or the Web, this book will take your skills to the next level.

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Library Journal

Final Cut Pro is an amazingly easy-to-use desktop video-editing, effects-creation tool that is claiming a major market share from Adobe's Premier and After Effects. It could be called a studio in a box, and, by making the postproduction editing process cheaper and easier, it will have major impact on independent moviemakers and the entire microcinema movement evolving on the World Wide Web. Brenneis explains Final Cut Pro basics; logging and editing; cutting and assembling; and postproduction. This title should make the "final cut" in all libraries. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.\
— Barbara Love, Kingston Frontenac Public Library , Kingston, Ontario
— Barbara Love, Kingston Frontenac Public Library , Kingston, Ontario

Booknews

A companion to the Final Cut Pro video editing system, intended for intermediate to advanced Mac users with some basic knowledge of video editing terms and procedures. Covers basics, preparation for editing, the editing process and tools, and post-production. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Anonymous

Posted July 30, 2000

Very well written - Gets the job done

I've been through this book with a highlighter, have post it notes all over it and take it with me all the time. In fact, I am not even sure where the Apple FCP book is. Don't think about buying this book. Just do so and you'll be glad you did.

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Anonymous

Posted May 19, 2000

Great Final Cut Pro Book

I read the other reviews and was hesitant to purchase this book, but they are wrong! This book is a must have if you need help with FCP. It's $20 for 508 pages (not 352) and contains a lot of tips and great info not contained in the Apple manual. It's well laid out with pictures on almost every page, clear, and easy to read. After you spend $1000 on FCP you owe it to yourself to buy this book for $20. If you only learn 20 tips, that's a buck a tip. The author tells you at the beginning that if you are new to DV editing, you should learn DV first, and then read her book. Although a beginner can benefit from this book, it's more geared towards intermediate to advanced DV editors/producers. Great Job Lisa, and Thanks. --Richard

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Anonymous

Posted February 1, 2000

Big Letdown

This book was a real disappointment. Poorly organized, nothing visual, and definitely nothing pro about it. A waste of time with repetitive information, few good tips, and confusing writing about simple tasks.

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Anonymous

Posted January 22, 2000

Almost, but no cigar!

I had mixed feelings about this book. Ms. Brenneis just skims the surface of Final Cut Pro. Some areas are somewhat covered in depth and others aren't covered at all. The book could be doubled in size and just about cover the program. The author should go back and re-write and expand the into two volumes: Into to Final Cut Pro & Advanced Final Cut Pro.

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Anonymous

Posted December 22, 1999

Terrible book. Not a how-to book. Final Cut Pro Glossary.

I was very excited when I found this book...but I can't explain how disappointed I was when I got it home and read it. It is a basically a glossary. There are no techniquies or ideas for video effects. The author explains that the book is for those who have some experience in video editting. I disagree, this book is for those who have never used Final Cut Pro !! Terrible!!

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